Smith v. Indiana Department of Correction

OPINION

CRONE, Judge.

Case Summary

Eric D. Smith filed a complaint against the Indiana Department of Correction and numerous individual prison employees (collectively, “the DOC”). Smith, pro se, appeals the grant of DOC’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, the denial of his request for appointment of counsel, the denial of his request to amend his complaint, and the denial of his motion to compel discovery. We affirm.

Issues

Smith raises four issues on appeal, which we restate as follows:

I. Whether the trial court erred in granting the DOC’s motion for judgment on the pleadings;

II. Whether the…